February 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm S.E.A. Change Listening Session Online Only Faith in Action We want to hear from you! Together with our friends at B'nai Israel Congregation and an initiative called S.E.A. Change (SEA is Study Engage and Act), we've studied community organizing, the history of race and how it's shaped the way Montgomery County has developed and the continuing divide in areas of education, housing, the environment, and healthcare. Now is the Engage part. The SEA Change Coalition ...
February 27, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm WHC Hunger Project Packing JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Faith in Action The WHC Hunger Project is back! Join us at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center to make more than 10,000 meals for those battling hunger and food insecurity right here in the DMV! The Hunger Project is perfect for kids age 8+ and adults of all ages! It is completely free to participate -- but preregistration ...
March 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues / Social Action Monthly Meeting Online Only Faith in Action The need for social justice has not taken a break during the pandemic, and the CISA committee is back with (virtual) monthly meetings to discuss social action issues and plan social justice and interfaith relationship-strengthening events/ activities. This month, Jews United for Justice’s (JUFJ) Montgomery County Senior Organizer Laura Wallace will join us to discuss ...
March 10, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm IFC’s Woman Leader of Faith Awards Online Only Faith in Action Thursday, March 10 at 7:00 pm online Join the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington as it honors Rabbi Shankman as a "Woman Leader of Faith" for her leadership at WHC, in the greater Jewish community, and for her commitment to interfaith work. RSVP Here
March 13, 2022 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Global Faith Forum Volunteer Opportunity Faith in Action Our interfaith partners are looking for a dozen or so volunteers ages 18-25 to participate in a service project ahead of the Global Faith Forum. Join volunteers from the Christian and Muslim communities to help package food for the needy. This project will take place at First Baptist Church Glenarden in Upper Marlboro Maryland from ...
March 13, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Global Faith Forum Faith in Action We are living in a time of polarization and fear like few times in American and global history. The fear between the faiths should not be something that causes us to destroy one another and the world in which we live, but to understand one another so we can move forward in building flourishing communities ...
March 23, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Learn About Maryland’s Primary Ballot Online Only Faith in Action Join Jews United for Justice for a non-partisan zoom conversation to learn about what's on the ballot in Maryland for the upcoming primary. We’ll walk through which elected offices are on the ballot, who is running, why these offices matter, when the elections are happening, where your new districts are, and how you can be ...
March 31, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm IFC’s Woman Leader of Faith Keynote Address & Reception Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Faith in Action The Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington's month honoring women of faith culminates on Thursday, March 31 with an in-person program at WHC. The event will feature a keynote address by Rev. Carole Crumley, an Episcopal priest and Senior Program Director at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, moderated by Amber Khan, from WAMU’s Interfaith Voices ...
Featured April 3, 2022 Mitzvah Day Faith in Action In 1991, Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig and a devoted group of lay leaders initiated “Mitzvah Day” – a day for volunteers of all ages to come together, lending their time, energy, and compassion to work on projects for social service agencies that would improve the lives of people in need. In keeping with Judaism’s teachings ...
April 3, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm WHC Hunger Project Packing Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Faith in Action Roll up your sleeves and volunteer with the WHC Hunger Project during Mitzvah Day, 2022! Join us at Temple to make more than 10,000 meals for those battling hunger and food insecurity right here in the DMV! The Hunger Project is perfect for kids age 8+ and adults of all ages! It is completely free ...
April 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues / Social Action Monthly Meeting Online Only Faith in Action The need for social justice has not taken a break during the pandemic, and the CISA committee is back with (virtual) monthly meetings to discuss social action issues and plan social justice and interfaith relationship-strengthening events/ activities. This month, Jews United for Justice’s (JUFJ) Montgomery County Senior Organizer Laura Wallace will join us to discuss ...
May 1, 2022 - May 31, 2022 WHC Collects: Help Send Kids to Summer Camp Faith in Action WHC is collecting supplies for Abram Simon School students to go to summer camp! This camp experience is designed to help young people from all backgrounds develop and grow by affording the opportunity of getting outdoors for adventure and fun. Please check our Amazon Wish List throughout the month of May to see what is ...
